# Foods that taste/look exactly like you'd expect them to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-look-exactly-like-youd-expect-them-to/418690 "2007-09-10T18:16:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-look-exactly-like-youd-expect-them-to/418690/1 "2007-09-10T18:16:10Z")
Inspired by [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8965555&postcount=12): what foods are so popular that you think _must_ taste much better than your initial conception of their tastes in your imagination, but instead look or taste exactly as expected. That post references tongue meat. My big contribution: seaweed. I thought based on how popular it was that it would taste more vegetably than it does, with perhaps a hint of the sea in the flavor. But no, it tastes like grass that had been lying in the ocean for a year exactly like I imagined it would. I like sashimi, but the seaweed in sushi rolls is :pukeysmiley: Beer. From having smelled it from many an open can/glass in my youth, I was sure it would taste better than how I would expect stale wheat that’s just been chewed and spit out by bacteria to taste, but no, it tastes exactly how it smells, to me. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-look-exactly-like-youd-expect-them-to/418690/2 "2007-09-10T20:25:06Z")
I’d have to say [natto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natto). I really wish I could say I like it but I just can’t.